This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER

contains notices to the public of the proposed

issuance of rules and regulations. The

purpose of these notices is to give interested

persons an opportunity to participate in the

rule making prior to the adoption of the final

rules.

Proposed Rules Federal Register

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Vol. 78, No. 206 

Thursday, October 24, 2013 

1To view the notice, petition, and the comments 

we have received, go to http://www.regulations.gov/ 

#!docketDetail;D=APHIS–2012–0107. 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

9 CFR Parts 2 and 3 

[Docket No. APHIS–2012–0107] 

Petition To Amend Animal Welfare Act 

Regulations To Prohibit Public Contact 

With Big Cats, Bears, and Nonhuman 

Primates 

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice; reopening of comment 

period. 

SUMMARY: We are reopening the 

comment period for a petition 

requesting amendments to the Animal 

Welfare Act regulations and standards, 

including to prohibit licensees from 

allowing individuals, with certain 

exceptions, from coming into direct or 

physical contact with big cats, bears, or 

nonhuman primates of any age, to 

define the term ‘‘sufficient distance,’’ 

and to prohibit the public handling of 

young or immature big cats, bears, and 

nonhuman primates and the separation 

of such animals from their dams before 

the species-typical age of weaning 

absent medical necessity. This action 

will allow interested persons additional 

time to prepare and submit comments. 

DATES: The comment period for the 

notice published on August 5, 2013 (78 

FR 47215) is reopened. We will consider 

all comments that we receive on or 

before November 18, 2013. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by either of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov/

#!documentDetail;D=APHIS–2012– 

0107–0001. 

• Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: 

Send your comment to Docket No. 

APHIS–2012–0107, Regulatory Analysis 

and Development, PPD, APHIS, Station 

3A–03.8, 4700 River Road Unit 118, 

Riverdale, MD 20737–1238. 

Supporting documents and any 

comments we receive on this docket 

may be viewed at http://

www.regulations.gov/

#!docketDetail;D=APHIS–2012–0107 or 

in our reading room, which is located in 

room 1141 of the USDA South Building, 

14th Street and Independence Avenue 

SW., Washington, DC. Normal reading 

room hours are 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., 

Monday through Friday, except 

holidays. To be sure someone is there to 

help you, please call (202) 799–7039 

before coming. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. 

Barbara Kohn, DVM, Senior Staff 

Officer, USDA, APHIS, Animal Care, 

4700 River Road Unit 84, Riverdale, MD 

20737–1234; (301) 851–3751. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On August 

5, 2013, we published in the Federal 

Register (78 FR 47215–47217, Docket 

No. APHIS–2012–0107) a notice 1

making available for comment a petition 

requesting amendments to the Animal 

Welfare Act regulations and standards, 

including to prohibit licensees from 

allowing individuals, with certain 

exceptions, from coming into direct or 

physical contact with big cats, bears, or 

nonhuman primates of any age, to 

define the term ‘‘sufficient distance,’’ 

and to prohibit the public handling of 

young or immature big cats, bears, and 

nonhuman primates and the separation 

of such animals from their dams before 

the species-typical age of weaning 

absent medical necessity. 

Comments on the petition were 

required to be received on or before 

October 4, 2013. We are reopening the 

comment period on Docket No. APHIS– 

2012–0107 for an additional 45 days. 

This action will allow interested 

persons additional time to prepare and 

submit comments. We will also consider 

all comments received between October 

5, 2013 (the day after the close of the 

original comment period) and the date 

of this notice. 

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 2131–2159; 7 CFR 

2.22, 2.80, and 371.7. 

Done in Washington, DC, this 18th day of 

October 2013. 

Kevin Shea, 

Administrator, Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service. 

[FR Doc. 2013–25004 Filed 10–23–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–34–P 

NUCLEAR REGULATORY 

COMMISSION 

10 CFR Part 72 

[NRC–2012–0020] 

RIN 3150–AJ10 

List of Approved Spent Fuel Storage 

Casks: Transnuclear, Inc. Standardized 

NUHOMS® Cask System 

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission. 

ACTION: Proposed rule. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (NRC) is amending its 

spent fuel storage regulations by 

revising the Transnuclear, Inc. 

Standardized NUHOMS® Cask System 

listing within the ‘‘List of Approved 

Spent Fuel Storage Casks’’ to include 

Amendment No. 11 to Certificate of 

Compliance (CoC) No. 1004. 

Amendment No. 11 revises authorized 

contents to include: adding a new 

transfer cask, the OS197L, for use with 

the 32PT and 61BT dry shielded 

canisters; and converting the CoC No. 

1004 Technical Specifications (TS) to 

the format in NUREG–1745, ‘‘Standard 

Format and Content for Technical 

Specifications for 10 CFR [Title 10 of 

the Code of Federal Regulations] Part 72 

Cask Certificates of Compliance.’’ In 

addition, the amendment makes several 

other changes as described under the 

‘‘Discussion of Changes’’ heading in the 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of 

the direct final rule published in the 

Rules and Regulations section of this 

issue of the Federal Register. 

DATES: Submit comments by November 

25, 2013. Comments received after this 

date will be considered if it is practical 

to do so, but the NRC staff is able to 

ensure consideration only for comments 

received on or before this date. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by any one of the following methods 

(unless this document describes a 

different method for submitting 

comments on a specific subject): 

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